Curtain-pole bracket.



B. LUTTIGH. CURTAIN POLE BRAGK APPLICATION FILED JULY 2 Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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BRUNO LUTTICH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-POLE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 20, 1909.

Patented Feb. 8, 1914). Serial No. 508,554.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRUNO LU'r'rIcI-I, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ourtain-Pole Bracket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to brackets such as used for supporting curtain poles.

The object of the invention is to produce a bracket of simple construction which can be readily attached to a window casement anpl which will afford support for a curtain po e. w

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective showing a portion of a corner of a window casement to which the bracket is represented as applied. In this view a portion of the curtain pole is represented with its end broken away; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken near the plane of the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, in this view a portion of the easement is shown and cer tain parts of the device are broken away and shown in section; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and further illustrating the details of the construction; and Fig. 4 is a front elevation showing a portion of a easement and illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the parts, and especially to Figs. 1 to 3, 1 represents the window casement which is supposed to comprise a cornice or corner block 2, to which the curtain pole bracket 3 is applied at each side of the window. The bracket comprises a pair of bars a and 5. These bars are formed at their ends with guide sleeves 6. The bars 1 and 5 are bent inwardly at their ends so as to form arms 7 and these arms are formed with spurs or teeth 8 at their inner extremities, and project toward each other, as shown. The arms 7 are connected by a clamping bolt 9 which extends longitudinally of the bars, as shown. One end of this clamping bolt has a square neck 10 which holds it rigidly in one of the arms 7, and its other end is provided with threads 11. On the threads 11 a thumb nut 12 is mounted, which seats against a washer 13, as shown. Near the middle point of the bracket a hanger 14 is attached. This hanger is formed of a single piece or flat bar which is bent near its middle point so as to form a rectangular sleeve 15 passing around the bars 4 and 5, as indicated in Fig. 3. One side of this sleeve is extended downwardly so as to form a curved socket 16 which receives the end of the curtain pole 17, as indicated. The lower side of the sleeve is extended and forms a curved tongue 18 which presents a curved cheek 19 to the lower portion of the forward face of the cornice. Beyond this cheek 19 the tongue is formed into an ornamental scroll 20, as shown. The brackets are preferably applied so that the thumb nuts 12 are on the inner side. In this way they will be con-- cealechby the curtain pole. The hanger 1 1 may be moved along to any point on the bars so that it can be attached to the middle point of the bracket after it has been secured. The tongue 18 operates as a brace to prevent any downward movement of the bars which might occur from the weight of the curtain on the pole. In this connection attention is called to the fact that at the upper portion of the tongue where it joins the sleeve, a shoulder 21 is formed which projects under the bars and supports their weight. When the weight of the curtain applies itself to the socket it tends to produce a rotation about the spurs S, but this tendency to rotate is resisted by the brace or tongue 18 so that the bracket is held very rigidly. In this connection attention is called to the fact that the arms 7 and the bars are formed of flat material, and the spurs 8 extend completely across the tip of the arms so that they also assist in resisting this tendency of the bracket to rotate.

Instead of forming the bracket as described, I may adopt the construction shown in Fig. 4:. In this form of the invention I provide two flat bars 22 and 23 which have arms similar to the arms 7, and which ongage the edges of the cornice 24 in a similar manner. The bar 23 is provided with longitudinal slots 25, and guide screws 26 are attached in the other bar and pass through these slots so that the bars are extensible upon each other. The arms of these bars are connected as in the preferred form, by a clamping bolt 27 having a thumb nut 28 seating against one of the arms. Near their middle points the bars are provided with a brace 29 similar to the brace 18. It will be seen that this form of the invention dilfers from the preferred form simply in providing the slots 25 and the guide screws 26 instead of the guide sleeves 6 of the preferred form.

Although I have described the bracket as a curtain pole bracket, it is evident that it can be used for many other particular purposes. For instance, it could be used as a support for a clothes hanger.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-

1. A curtain pole bracket consisting of a pair of bars adapted to slide one upon the other, said bars having laterally projecting arms with the extremities adapted to engage the side edges of the easement, a clamping bolt passing through said arms connecting the same and affording means for clamping said arms to the easement, and a brace attached to said arms and engaging the forward side of the casement below said bars, said brace having means for supporting the curtain pole.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a pair of bars mounted to slide upon each other, having inwardly projecting arms at the extremities thereof, said arms having spurs adapted to engage the side edges of the window casement, a clamping bolt extending longitudinally of said bars passing through said arms and connecting the same, and a member attached to said bars at an intermediate point, having an extension forming a socket for a curtain pole and having a second extension engaging the forward face of the casement and constituting a brace.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BRUNO LUTTICH. lVitnesses IRAD T. LAUL, ROBERT C. ROBINSON. 

